cleanup ,sale and bloody hell it's hot !!

We had a fabulous cleanup day yesterday with about a dozen or so messy clay workers and artists manning the hoses, mops, brooms and energy to clean the studio from top to bottom. wow the place is just smelling so fresh and clean thank you everyone for all your hard work.
   We are now going to set up all our specials and seconds and display our other work ready for our annual sale ,which is coming up next Sat 3rd and Sun 4th Dec ...10am - 4pm...
  Everyone is invited ,as i said lots of seconds and specials and 10% of all other work for this weekend only.

 We have had 3 amazing days weather wise, today was 26 c and the shed was very b.. hot  ,had the sweat dripping of me ,summer 's started early although it is going to rain for the weekend.
  I am off to town again tomorrow to watch Zac and Summer in thier dance concert i am looking forward to it.

candles and farewells

Well we had our little birthday party lunch and happy / sad farewell too. We totally stuffed our faces with all sorts of yummy home made goodies and didn't feel like doing much work after that, but we managed to continue being creative .
  I helped Trace at Niche Market Friday and Saturday, her farewell to Tassie Market  ! she sold heaps of her treasures and  I posted two boxes back to W.A for her yesterday.  Anna and me were lucky enough to get a few bits that just did not want to go in the boxes :)
  And some lucky people have some give aways waiting at the Tin Shed  to be posted or picked up.... i hope they come soon as it's very tempting to sneak a peek ...

a lovely day

WOW ! had a terrific day at the studio today, started off very quietly throwing tiny bowls on the wheel and then everyone turned up at once, some our usual Wed. group then ,Sandra,Edna and Robert Then Mitch and his lovely wife from Aspect Design in Hobart dropped in to see Sandra and her fabulous hand formed glass jewelry.

While they were around we had a groupof women from Melbourne drop in and .they were very impressed and spent ages checking out all the work.They had just finished walking the Overland Track and were staying at Peppers  and saw our ad in the brochure.Some of them left with some of my smoke fired birds and Ednas cards and big smiles .


We also had a few other visitors during the remainder of the day and in between all that I finished my 30 bowls and two big oven dishes with just enough time to clean up before closing up for the day.
  I had a great day....kept my mind from bein sad cause Tracy is moving out and the shed just won't be the same , she has been a fantastic person to have around creating her unique work and sharing and stimulating some of us and encouraging our wayward, procrastinating ways. :)

 We are having a farewell lunch tommorrow and our muso's will be playing for us too...oh and it is Helen B's 70th too.

windows, child minding and craft fairs...

I was lucky enough to be invited to participate ( along with my mate Pauline) in Windows On Deloraine which was a part of a week long celebration coinciding with TasmanianCraft Fair  ,(do not be decieved ...the majority  are mainland craftstalls not Tasmanian.)

 We, along with many other individuals turned a shop window into a mini gallery of our works, and from all the feedback it was very successful with thousands of people wandering the streets enjoying the windows and other street entertainment....musicians.statues etc.

'Willowdale Cricket Arvo Tea'

'our window'....willow chairs and tables, baskets made from various materials and fabric hangings and cushions,.and some cricket stuff.
We had some living statues performing in our window over the weekend ...pouring tea oohing and ahing over a baby and generally impressing passers by.